Bed or cot.



C. D. BROUYETTE 6: G. P. McENTlRE.

BED 0R COT.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 19l3. 1;139,099. Patented May11,1915.

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WITNESSES? oRs ATTORNEY-5 THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHQ,WASHINGI'ON. D. C.

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CHARLES ID. BROUYETTE AND GEORGE P. MCENTIRE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS,ASSIGNOBS TO MGENTIRE BROTHERS, A COPABTNERSHI]? CONSISTING 0F RALPH N.MQENTIBE AND GEORGE P. MGENTIRE.

BED OR COT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES D. BROU- YETTEand Gnonen P. MGENTIRE, citizens of the United States, residing atTopeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Beds or Cots, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to beds or cots of the collapsible or foldingsort, and has for its object to provide a collapsible bed or cot ofnovel character which will be light, strong, very simple in itsconstruction, cheap to manufacture, collapsible into small compass andvery easy to fold and unfold as occasion may, require.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a bed or cot of thissort having, when in position for use, upstanding sides and ends so thatit may be used as an infants crib, the sides and ends'being so arrangedwith respect to the other parts of the crib that they will fold orcollapse therewith.

The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of thearticle set up ready for use; Fig. 2, a crosssectional view of the same;Fig. 8, aview of the article collapsed; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentarysectional view illustrating a modified form of attaching the legs to thesides of the article.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figuresof the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 10 designate two pairs of foldinglegs, the legs of each pair being preferably pivoted together at thepoints designated 11.

12, 12 designate the rigid side members or upstanding sides of the cot.These members are preferably made of wood.

13 designates the flexible bottom and 14, 14 the flexible ends of thecot. The bottom 13 and the ends 14 may be and preferably are made from asingle strip of duck or canvas secured to the sides 12. The sides, whenthe cot is in the usable position, bear upon the tops of the legs 10,which are cut on the diagonal. The sides are foldably secured to thelegs by any suitable means, for example, by means of the metal hinges15, pintles of which are preferably cotter pins 16. The engagement ofthe sides with the tops of the legs prevents the sides from collapsing"in- V wardly from their upright position. Their hinged relation withthe legs would permit the sides to fold outwardly were it not for thefact that they are held together by the fabric ends. As the ends 14 areflexible a collapsing movement of the legs will slacken the endssufficiently so that the sides may be folded down upon the legs in themanner indicated in Fig. 3. It will be seen that this collapsing of thecot can be accomplished by simply lifting the article, pressing thesides together and then turning the sides downwardly upon the legs.There is no chance that the cot will be accidentally collapsed becauseany weight therein spreads the legs and holds the ends taut andconsequently, the sides in upright position. The pintles of the hinges15 are preferably cotter pins in order that the legs may be readilyseparated from the sides 12 when the article is to be shipped. It willbe seen that by removing the legs from the side pieces the device can bemade up into a very small compact package.

We have shown the bottom of the cot as consisting of a single continuouspiece of fabric (which also preferably provides the ends) but this isnot essential to the invention.

By the term bottom we intend any structure suitable for sustaining thebody of the person resting upon it or bedding of the sort required. Theessential thing about the bottom is that it must be capable ofcollapsing or folding in order to permit the ends to slackensufliciently to allow the sides to fold out upon the legs when the cotis folded up.

While we have shown and described our invention in a preferredconstruction it will be understood that certain modifications might bemade without departure from the invention. Therefore, we do not wish tobe understood as limiting the invention to the exact construction shown.

As shown in Fig. 4, it is not essential that the sides should rest onthe tops of the legs. The important thing is to provide means forholding the sides in upright position and this might be done by soconstructing the hinges that the leaves thereof cannot flex beyond acertain point.

We claim:

1. In an article of the character described,

the combination with supporting legs; of a bottom of flexible material;and sides and ends one pair of which are made of flexible material theother pair being rigid members which seat on the legs, when the articleis unfolded, and which are hinged thereto'so that they fold outwardly. V

2. An article of the character descrlbed comprising two pairs ofcrossed, pivotedso that they fold outwardly, and ends of flexiblefabric.

4. An article of the character described comprising two pairs ofcrossed, pivoted legs, rigid sides which seat on the tops of the legswhen in upright position and are hinged thereto so as to be foldableoutwardly, and a single sheet of flexible fabric secured to theextremities and lower edges of the sides so as to constitute ends and aI bottom for the article.

. 5. An article of the character described comprising foldablesupporting means, sides Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the hinged to said supporting means, andflexible ends secured to the sides which hold the sides in upstandingposition when the sup- I legs, a bottom of flexible fabric, rigid sideswhich seat on the tops of the legs when in upright position and arehinged thereto, and ends of flexible fabric secured to the sides. 7

7. In an article of the character described, thecombination with twopairs of crossed pivoted legs, rigid sides each hinged to one of thelegs ofeach pair of legs so that it may be held from folding in onedirection from the upright position but can fold in the other direction,a collapsible bottom and collapsible ends.

8. In an article of the character described, the combination with .tWOpairs of crossed pivotedlegs, rigid sides hinged at their bottom edgesto said legs, and ends and a bottom both of flexible material.

CHARLES D.,BROUYETTE. GEORGE P. MCENTIRE. Witnesses:

H. A. MnsA'rtr, G. P. BENSON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

